Head-rest



(No'ModeL) M. B. WESSON. HEAD REST.

No. 497,697. Patented May 16, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MILEY B. \VESSON, OF FORT \VORTH, TEXAS.

H EAD-REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 497,697, dated May 16,1893.

Application filed May 13, 1892. Serial No. 432,889. (No model.)

it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in head rests.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved head rest whichcan be easily attached to a car seat without injuring or marring thewood Work or upholstering thereof, and which will be compact instructure,light in weight and cheap and durable in general construction,and readily adjustable in height, and angle of inclination.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and incombinations of parts more fully described hereinafter and particularlypointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,- Figure 1, is a perspective viewshowing a portion of a car seat and two different forms of my inventionattached thereto. Fig. 2, is a rear view of the back of a car seatshowing one form of myinvention attached thereto. Figs. 3 and 4., areperspective views of the head pad or cushion illustrating two modifiedforms of the yoke shown in Fig. 2, by means of which vertical adjustmentof the pad is edected. Figs. 5 and 6, show respectively differentspecific forms of supports for the head rest and modified forms of theupper clamp or grip carried thereby. Fig. '7, is a detail perspectiveView showing a frame to receive the head pad and the elongated yokesformed of wire also showing the upper ends of the support and theclamping means, the pad not being shown. Fig. 8, is a detail viewshowing the pad in elevation and the yokes, and clamping device, andends of the supportin section in the plane of line wx Fig. 2.

The construction consists mainly of upper and lower hooks or grips whichmerely fit the upper and lower edges of the seat, a head rest andsupport therefor carried by the upper hook or clamp, and a connectionbetween the support and the lower hook and provided with tighteningmeans.

In the drawings a, indicates the padded or cushioned head rest properprovided with flanges, yokes or the like on the under side havingelongated slots 1). These slots can be formed in flanges, as shown inFig. 3, or in the sides of an inclosure, see Fig. l, or the rectangularframe a: to receive the pad of the head rest can be formed of a bentwire having the ends turned in and doubled or looped to form theparallel slots 1), see Fig. 7.

Fig. 7,shows an approximately rectangular wire frame as, on which thehead pad is socured, and which corresponds to the rigid pad backs orboards of Figs. 3 and 4. The same wire forming this frame 00, is bentdown and doubled upon itself to form the parallel yokes or slots 1)corresponding to the yokes or slots Z), in the constructions of Figs. 3and 4.

0, indicates the rest support or carrier preferably elongated andU-shaped, as shown, with the ends bent forwardly (although I do notlimit myself to such specific shape) and formed with eyes cl, d, whichregister with slots Z), Z), on the back of the head pad and receive theclamping screw bolt e, passing through said eyes and said slots andhaving the head and nut which clamp the rest firmly and rigidly to thesupport and the ends of the support against the cylinder or sleevec,loosely on the bolt as clearly shown.

g, indicates the upper jaw or clamp fitting the upper edge of the seat.

In Fig. 5, the rear edge of the uprights of the restsupport are notchedor toothed or roughened as shown atf, and the jaw g, has eyes 9, at itsrear ends formed to slide on said toothed sides of the support said eyesbeing formed by coiling the ends of the wire forming the jaw. By meansof this construction when the lower hook or clamp h, (of anysuitableconstruction) is hooked on the lower edge of the seat, and the strap orother suitable connection 1', secured to the hook h, and passed aroundthe cross bar of the U-shaped rest support is drawn taut and buckled orotherwise secured, the drawing down of the rest support while the upperhook is on the seat back causes the eyes g, to bind and clamp on theroughened sides of said support, and thereby hold the parts rigidly inposition.

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In Fig. 6, the upper hook or clamp is formed differently and the sidesof the rest support are not roughened. In this arrangement the eyesembracing the legs of the support are connected by the cross barj, theentire upper hook and cross bar being preferably formed of a singlelength of wire bent to form the cross bar j, extending between andacross the rear sides of the legs of the support, and then bentforwardly around each leg of the support and over and around the crossbar between the legs and forwardly from the under side of the cross barto form the hook g. WVhen the hook is on the back and the support isdrawn down the said cross bar j will clamp against the rest support andhold the hook firmly. This form of clamp is clearly illustrated in Figs.2 and 6. As the upper hook is adjustable throughout the length of therest support, the said rest can be raised or lowered. By means of theelongated slots and pivot and clam ping bolt the head rest can be set atany angle or can be moved vertically.

The device can be adjusted for persons of any height, and can be used onthe seats without in any way injuring them.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In combination, thesupport having two sides, the head pad pivotally and verticallyadjustably mounted on the upper ends thereof, the hook formed of wire orthe like with eyes loosely embracing and movable on said sides of thesupport, said eyes so formed as to clamp on said sides when downwardstrain is exerted on the support and the parts are in operativeposition, and the securing means, substantially as shown and described.

2. The head rest consisting of the U-shaped support having its upperends provided with eyes, the pad having the rigid slotted parallel yokeson its rear side arranged to register with said eyes, a clamping boltpassing through said eyes and slots to hold the pad in the desiredadjustment, the upper hook having eyes embracing said support andarranged to clamp thereon, the lower hook, and the flexible adjustableconnection connecting the lower hook to the lower closed end of thesupport, substantially as described.

3. The head rest consisting of the pad having the elongated yokes on itsback, the U- shaped yoke having eyes in its upper end to register withsaid yokes, a clamping bolt to unite these parts,the upper hook havingeyes loosely embracing the sides of the support, and the cross bar, asdescribed, engaging the rear sides of the support to clamp the hook onthe sides of the support when downward pressure is exerted upon thehook, a lower hook, and securing and tightening means between said lowerhook and the support, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MILEY B. WESSON.

Witnesses:

WELLINGTON B. READ, W. ALEX. ABEY.

